Rolling Stone Mag's Top 500 Songs: Van Halen didn't make the list!

[Switch84]

:eek: :eek: :eek: Oh, HELL NAW! I just received my RS # 963 Saturday and checked out their "Top 500 Songs of All Time" and Van Halen's nowhere on it (but Nirvana is!)

Here's the Top 10. Read 'em and weep.....

1. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
3. Imagine - John Lennon
4. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
5. Respect - Aretha Franklin
6. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
7. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
8. Hey Jude - The Beatles
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (WTF??)
10. What I'd Say? - Ray Charles

[Matt White]

Notice how 9 out of 10 songs are from the 60-70's, or earlier?!?
Just illustrates that the RS editors are OLD BASTARDS still stuck in the music of their youth!
Wait a minute...........
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So am I!!!!

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by Switch84
:eek: :eek: :eek: Oh, HELL NAW! I just received my RS # 963 Saturday and checked out their "Top 500 Songs of All Time" and Van Halen's nowhere on it (but Nirvana is!)

Here's the Top 10. Read 'em and weep.....

1. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
3. Imagine - John Lennon
4. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
5. Respect - Aretha Franklin
6. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
7. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
8. Hey Jude - The Beatles
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (WTF??)
10. What I'd Say? - Ray Charles

Switch, why do you subscribe to that rag anyway?

Seriously...

It is utter b/s, just like the other "poll" mentioned in the earlier thread today.

[Switch84]

:eek: OMG! "Hey Ya!" by Outkast is #180, while The Beatles "Something" is # 273! AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" ranked # 254!

[blueturk]

Disco and (c)rap,but no Van Halen. Fuck Rolling Stone.Creem,where are you?

[Switch84]

Originally posted by RogueHorseman
Switch, why do you subscribe to that rag anyway?

Seriously...

It is utter b/s, just like the other "poll" mentioned in the earlier thread today.

It was for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. I get a year for .50 per copy and all of the money goes to the cancer fund.

My bad!

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by Switch84
It was for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. I get a year for .50 per copy and all of the money goes to the cancer fund.

My bad!

No, you should be commended for that!

Still...

Next Newport you fire up, light that rag aflame along with it.

Then-

Shake it, sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, shake it
Sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it like a polaroid picture
Shake it, sh-shake it (Hey ya!)
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, shake it
Shake it, sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it like a polaroid picture

You'll find that Newport much more pleasureable watching that b/s chart turn to ash.

[Figs]

link

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...ion=6.0.8.1024


Dancin' in the Streets and You really Got Me are on the list. Oh, original versions. There aren't a lot of hard rock songs on it. I like Nirvana a lot, but Teen Spirit is probably the only song that should be on a list like this.

I can't believe they didn't a least put Jump on the list, the song that is both their biggest hit and worst Roth-era song(IMO).

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by RogueHorseman
No, you should be commended for that!

Still...

Next Newport you fire up, light that rag aflame along with it.

Then-

Shake it, sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, shake it
Sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it like a polaroid picture
Shake it, sh-shake it (Hey ya!)
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, shake it
Shake it, sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it like a polaroid picture

You'll find that Newport much more pleasureable watching that b/s chart turn to ash.

Shake it, Rogue!

[Rikk]

Originally posted by Figs
I like Nirvana a lot, but Teen Spirit is probably the only song that should be on a list like this.

I love Nirvana. I will say this: TEEN SPIRIT is their most obviously catchy song, but definitely nowhere near their actual best song. I think Nirvana deserved a few on there (I don't know how many they got).

As for VH not getting any, that figures. I guess OUTKAST is more important to rock history than Van fucking Halen.

I fucking hate Rolling Stone. It's a corporate rock publication run by hippies. I hate corporate hacks and I hate hippies...thus I hate the magazine. I'm sick of hearing about the fucking sixties.

[Figs]

Originally posted by Rikk
I love Nirvana. I will say this: TEEN SPIRIT is their most obviously catchy song, but definitely nowhere near their actual best song. I think Nirvana deserved a few on there (I don't know how many they got).

Oh yeah, it's just that usually the just the "hit" songs are what make lists like these.

[Parnelly]

I dont know about everybody else but fuck Rolling Stone. We all know Dave and VH Dave years were and always will be the fuckin bomb. I dont need a shitty magazine like Rolling Stone to tell whats good. Rolling Stone is a shit talking waste of trees.

Dave or the grave.

[Rikk]

Originally posted by Figs
Oh yeah, it's just that usually the just the "hit" songs are what make lists like these.

You're absolutely right. And the thing is, that's the short-sightedness of ROLLING STONE. There's a lot more to a band than its hit singles. I would argue that almost anything off the IN UTERO album, for instance, is better than TEEN SPIRIT.

[Rikk]

Originally posted by Parnelly
I dont know about everybody else but fuck Rolling Stone. We all know Dave and VH Dave years were and always will be the fuckin bomb. I dont need a shitty magazine like Rolling Stone to tell whats good. Rolling Stone is a shit talking waste of trees.

Dave or the grave.

ROLLING STONE didn't even pay attention to VH back in the day. Even now, they still begrudgingly give Zeppelin respect even though they were shitting on them all through the Seventies.

[Switch84]

Originally posted by RogueHorseman
No, you should be commended for that!

Still...

Next Newport you fire up, light that rag aflame along with it.

Then-

Shake it, sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, shake it
Sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it like a polaroid picture
Shake it, sh-shake it (Hey ya!)
Shake it, sh-shake it
Shake it, shake it
Shake it, sh-shake it (Oh oh!)
Shake it like a polaroid picture

You'll find that Newport much more pleasureable watching that b/s chart turn to ash.

LMAO! Your homeboys from the ATL, Rogue Baby! I will be 'shakin' it' as it burns, hehehee! I like Outkast, but not enough to rank on the Top 500 while CVH is M.I.A !

[YAWN]

Shit, man, RS is even more fucked up than Blender, but at least fuckin' Blender's all up on CVH's nuts...

[Lou]

Hmm, I wonder what's better, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" or "Stairway to Heaven." I suppose Nirvana is better!

[Bill Lumbergh]

I actually read some of that at the fucking store, and just about laughed my ass off. Not surprising at all coming from these washed up hacks.........Like a Rolling Stone at # 1?! Gee, what a coincidence!

[Jesus Christ]

Verily. this is blasphemy

[FORD]

Rolling Stone never ONCE put Van Halen on the cover of their magazine. What does that tell you?

And before some dumbassed fucking sheep tries to correct me, I said Van Halen.

[Switch84]

:confused: Go figure! They put Davy Baby on the cover near the time he quit the group!

[Switch84]

Here's the full cover dated Apr. '85 after he left Van Halen! I found it at the rag's website under Davy Baby's bio.

[Vivian Campbell]

The longest amount of time I’ve time spent looking at an issue of Rolling Stone is in that brief moment between using it to wipe my ass and flushing it down the toilet.

Putting Nirvana in the top ten of any list is a knee jerk reaction now-a-days. They can never give you a REAL reason for doing it. It’s just a way to appease the Seattle crowd and their clones. Their contribution to Rock was destroying the technique, creativity, and energy that put the genre above hip hop, disco, etc.

[Switch84]

Charity or not, I'm regretting getting this subscription ALREADY! I have to receive this shit for an entire YEAR (including the 'special editions'.)


FUCK!

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by Switch84
Charity or not, I'm regretting getting this subscription ALREADY! I have to receive this shit for an entire YEAR (including the 'special editions'.)


FUCK!

I do remember that cover...

Don't worry Switch, they send it to me for free and have for years. I rarely even open the thing up... Straight to the recycle heap along with the comp issues of Star I've begged them to stop sending.

I barely have any time to read the stuff I do willingly subscribe to.

I'm told it works great as bird cage liner though, so there is another thought...

[Halen High]

Originally posted by Figs
link

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...ion=6.0.8.1024


Dancin' in the Streets and You really Got Me are on the list. Oh, original versions. There aren't a lot of hard rock songs on it. I like Nirvana a lot, but Teen Spirit is probably the only song that should be on a list like this.

I can't believe they didn't a least put Jump on the list, the song that is both their biggest hit and worst Roth-era song(IMO).

Jump is one of the all-time great rock songs and had to be on that list!

[Switch84]

Originally posted by RogueHorseman
I do remember that cover...

Don't worry Switch, they send it to me for free and have for years. I rarely even open the thing up... Straight to the recycle heap along with the comp issues of Star I've begged them to stop sending.

I barely have any time to read the stuff I do willingly subscribe to.

I'm told it works great as bird cage liner though, so there is another thought...

Hahahahaa!! Maybe I'll get a puppy and let him shit on it while I house train it? Sounds good to me!

[TwoFoolsAMinute]

FREE BIRD # 191?

I demand a manual recount

[Figs]

Originally posted by TwoFoolsAMinute
FREE BIRD # 191?

I demand a manual recount

They probably downgrade any band that they feel fits into the redneck category.

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by TwoFoolsAMinute
FREE BIRD # 191?

I demand a manual recount

I'm sure the White Stripes will have the entire top Five to themselves by next year.

[degüello]

I had the original RS reviews of the Mighty Six posted over at ddlr.com, pre-crash. They tore those fuckin' albums apart. Nothing good to say whatsoever, as I recall.

But they loved 5150.

[Switch84]

Originally posted by degüello
I had the original RS reviews of the Mighty Six posted over at ddlr.com, pre-crash. They tore those fuckin' albums apart. Nothing good to say whatsoever, as I recall.

But they loved 5150.

Stupid mofos! I can't cancel my subscription because of the charity I'm supporting. FUCK!

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Switch84
Stupid mofos! I can't cancel my subscription because of the charity I'm supporting. FUCK!

The one to support chronically incompetent music pseudo-journalists?

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by Switch84
Stupid mofos! I can't cancel my subscription because of the charity I'm supporting. FUCK!

Don't sweat it, Switch.

Chalk it up to charity and a good deed done.

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by degüello
I had the original RS reviews of the Mighty Six posted over at ddlr.com, pre-crash. They tore those fuckin' albums apart. Nothing good to say whatsoever, as I recall.

But they loved 5150.

That's just sick.

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by diamondsgirl
That's just sick.

RS was and is largely a bought and paid for shill sheet for the entertainment industry... They have not had much legit credibility following the early days and it has been a steady decline ever since.

Think of it in the same league as say, "Entertainment Tonight", in terms of journalistic integrity. In other words, ZILCH.

[diamondsgirl]

I'll read RS once in a while at the gym. I like some of the pics. When I want to read interesting articles, I turn to Cosmo. LOL.

[flappo]

bohemian rhapsody @ 163 ?

hahaha

that mag is a fucking joke

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by diamondsgirl
I'll read RS once in a while at the gym. I like some of the pics. When I want to read interesting articles, I turn to Cosmo. LOL.

Well, that is true.

Some of the photography is outstanding, I must say.

Hey, speaking of Cosmo... what was the scoop with the recent headline I saw gracing the cover while standing in line at the grocery that read "hotter than dynamite in dixie, how to create an explosion of delights morning, noon and night"?

Just wondering....

[diamondsgirl]

I have not read that one yet.

hotter than dynamite in dixie, huh? WOW. Sounds like a "must read".